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From the 55 Yard Line

From the 55 Yard Line

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From CFL America Radio, sports journalist Scott Adamson, along with fellow enthusiast and armchair historian Greg James, take a hot read with guests on the history, remembrances, culture, lore, legends and meaning of pro football around the world. Every few weeks the pair will sit down with authors who, through their books, have given all of us a close up look and perspective at the game we have grown up with and enjoy no matter where on the map we may call home, be it in Tokyo cheering for the Roughriders, in America's south rooting for the J E T S, or in Chicago cheering for Da Bears. What has brought Scott and Greg together has been their love of professional football not just in America, but in Canada where Americans make up many of the players and who for too long have gone unrecognized in their native land. In their podcast they will take on a global view of the game and seek to entertain and educate on what the game means to those who have the same passion as they do and also in the larger context of history and sports economics in the 21st Century. Host- Scott Adamson Scott Adamson hails from Birmingham, Alabama, known as the "Football Capital of the South" and a place that has hosted more pro football teams than just about any other city, none of which have been in the NFL and all that have failed. Quickly. As veteran sportswriter he can attest that being a fan, no matter the brand of team is the triumph of hope over experience. Having decided at an early age that tackle football was the greatest sport man had yet to invent, Scott took on a fan's-eye view of life with Brand X football in his book "The Home Team: My Bromance with Off-Brand Football," which is a funny, somewhat tortured, journey of a fanatic's lifelong quest for a hometown team of his own. Host- Greg James Greg James hails from Chicago, Illinois, which he describes as the "Pro Football Capital of America" as it was where the NFL's oldest teams were birthed on the dirt infields of Comiskey Park and Wrigley Field. Unlike Scott, Greg is far from a professional sportswriter, but he is an armchair pro football historian who aspires in his retirement to be a sports journalist and tell the stories yet untold of gridiron football around the world. Greg is a big fan of Howard Cosell who in his own 25 year career as a navy intelligence officer made a concerted effort to emulate Howard in "telling it like it is." Additionally, Greg is an avid computer simulation football enthusiast who has found in the game a way to keep the past truly alive.Copyright 2023 Sports History Network American Football Welt
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  • Happy Canada Day! CFL Week 4

    Happy Canada Day! CFL Week 4
    Jun 29 2026

    Gridiron America Radio is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear.

    EPISODE SUMMARY

    We start the early celebration of Canada Day, which is on July 1, with a look back at Week 4 of the CFL, and then look back at the CFL/XFL war of words five years ago. Why look back? Because five years ago the pandemic put the CFL on life support and many XFL supporters in America, who had no clue about the league, were claiming that the only way for the CFL to survive was to merge with the (now defunct) third version of the XFL.

    GRIDIRON AMERICA RADIO BACKGROUND

    Gridiron America Radio (formerly, the From the 55 Yardline podcast), is anchored by former sports executive David Cieslinski, former international professional football player Mike Tackett, and football nerd Greg St. James.

    All three are avid armchair sports historians and sports simulation enthusiasts, who, despite the vastness of geography, have found a way to leverage technology to help keep the games they love truly alive, both on the screen or tabletop.

    Gridiron America Radio is dedicated to both current and historical American football talk, including the “what if” questions that all sports fans ask and try to answer with the help of statistics, math and computer modeling provided by Sportsmaster Simulation Games www.SportsMaster-Simulation.games. In addition to the gridiron game, the team will on occasion look at other sports through the same eyes of that of grown men who still remember their childhood and the thrill of rolling the dice or picking up a joystick.

    The show was previously co-hosted by retired sports journalist Scott Adamson, whose continued writings. sports coverage and articles can be found at www.Adamsonmedia.com.

    David, Mike and Greg, can be contacted directly via the podcast’s website at www.GridironAmerica.net, as well as:

    On X at https://x.com/GridironAMRadio

    On Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/GridironAmerica/

    On Threads at https://www.threads.com/@gridironamerica

    On Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/gridironamerica
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    1 Std. und 18 Min.
  • Empires Rising and Falling- CFL Week 3

    Empires Rising and Falling- CFL Week 3
    Jun 24 2026

    Gridiron America Radio is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear.

    EPISODE SUMMARY

    As we enter week 4 of the 2026 CFL season this week, we look to see which franchise empires are on the rise and which might be falling after week. Could the British Columbia Lions be falling quicker than anyone might have predicted? Are the Edmonton Elks for real? Are the Ottawa RedBlacks who we thought they were? And do the Roughriders realize that it is better to win a game in regulation versus barely escaping in overtime? Plus, we talk about the Brendan Sorsby saga, and we hear about Greg's mini book review about Warren Rogan's (of SHN's Sports' Forgotten Heroes), new book, "College All-Stars vs. NFL Champions: The Chicago Charities Football Games, 1934-1976", which is available now on Amazon.

    GRIDIRON AMERICA RADIO BACKGROUND

    Gridiron America Radio (formerly, the From the 55 Yardline podcast), is anchored by former sports executive David Cieslinski, former international professional football player Mike Tackett, and football nerd Greg St. James, from Gridiron Japan Radio.

    All three are avid armchair sports historians and sports simulation enthusiasts, who, despite the vastness of geography, have found a way to leverage technology to help keep the games they love truly alive, both on the screen or tabletop.

    Gridiron America Radio is dedicated to both current and historical American football talk, including the “what if” questions that all sports fans ask and try to answer with the help of statistics, math and computer modeling provided by Sportsmaster Simulation Games www.SportsMaster-Simulation.games. In addition to the gridiron game, the team will on occasion look at other sports through the same eyes of that of grown men who still remember their childhood and the thrill of rolling the dice or picking up a joystick.

    The show was previously co-hosted by retired sports journalist Scott Adamson, whose continued writings. sports coverage and articles can be found at www.Adamsonmedia.com.

    David, Mike and Greg, can be contacted directly via the podcast’s website at www.GridironAmerica.net, as well as:

    On X at https://x.com/GridironAMRadio

    On Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/GridironAmerica/

    On Threads at https://www.threads.com/@gridironamerica

    On Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/gridironamerica
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    58 Min.
  • Mike Goes to Washington (for the United Bowl), Plus CFL Week 2

    Mike Goes to Washington (for the United Bowl), Plus CFL Week 2
    Jun 16 2026

    Gridiron America Radio is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear.

    EPISODE SUMMARY

    The second official episode of Gridiron America Today kicks off on a late Tuesday night in America as David, Mike and Greg get set to talk about the United Bowl, where Mike saw the game in person, in Washington D.C. After which they review the second exciting week of CFL play, and toward the end of the show, talk about the latest football history book that Greg just finished- "The Life and Teams of Johnny F. Bassett."

    You can purchase the Joh F. Bassett biography at Amazon.com- https://www.amazon.com/Life-Teams-Johnny-Bassett-Entrepreneur/dp/1476684324

    GRIDIRON AMERICA RADIO BACKGROUND

    Gridiron America Radio (formerly, the From the 55 Yardline podcast), is anchored by former sports executive David Cieslinski, former international professional football player Mike Tackett, and football nerd Greg St. James, from Gridiron Japan Radio.

    All three are avid armchair sports historians and sports simulation enthusiasts, who, despite the vastness of geography, have found a way to leverage technology to help keep the games they love truly alive, both on the screen or tabletop.

    Gridiron America Radio is dedicated to both current and historical American football talk, including the “what if” questions that all sports fans ask and try to answer with the help of statistics, math and computer modeling provided by Sportsmaster Simulation Games www.SportsMaster-Simulation.games. In addition to the gridiron game, the team will on occasion look at other sports through the same eyes of that of grown men who still remember their childhood and the thrill of rolling the dice or picking up a joystick.

    The show was previously co-hosted by retired sports journalist Scott Adamson, whose continued writings. sports coverage and articles can be found at www.Adamsonmedia.com.

    David, Mike and Greg, can be contacted directly via the podcast’s website at www.GridironAmerica.net, as well as:

    On X at https://x.com/GridironAMRadio

    On Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/GridironAmerica/

    On Threads at https://www.threads.com/@gridironamerica

    On Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/gridironamerica
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    58 Min.
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